| CEPHALOMETRY | • cephalometry n. The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease. • CEPHALOMETRY n. the science of measuring the head in living individuals. |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | • chemotherapy n. (Medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. • chemotherapy n. (Oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous… • CHEMOTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of chemicals. |
| DERMATOPHYTE | • dermatophyte n. Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete’s foot). • DERMATOPHYTE n. a fungus parasitic on the skin or skin derivatives (as hair or nails). |
| ERYTHROPENIA | • erythropenia n. A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia. • ERYTHROPENIA n. diminution below the normal of the number of red cells in the blood. |
| HELIOTHERAPY | • heliotherapy n. Any medical therapy by exposure to light. • HELIOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by exposure to the sun's rays. |
| HETEROGRAPHY | • heterography n. (Countable) An incorrect spelling; a spelling different from accepted spelling. • heterography n. (Uncountable) Spelling in which a particular letter represents more than one possible sound. • HETEROGRAPHY n. incorrect spelling. |
| HETEROPLASTY | • heteroplasty n. The grafting of tissue between different individuals of the same or different species. • HETEROPLASTY n. grafting of foreign tissue. |
| HORSEPLAYERS | • horseplayers n. Plural of horseplayer. • HORSEPLAYER n. one who habitually bets on horse races. |
| HYMENOPTERAN | • hymenopteran n. (Entomology) Any insect of the order Hymenoptera: the bees, wasps and ants etc. • hymenopteran adj. (Entomology) Relating to or denoting hymenopterans. • HYMENOPTERAN n. an order of insect having four membranous wings, e.g. ants, bees, wasps, also HYMENOPTERON. |
| HYPERBOLAEON | • hyperbolaeon n. (Music) The highest tetrachord. • HYPERBOLAEON n. a term in in Greek prosody. |
| HYPERBOREANS | • hyperboreans n. Plural of hyperborean. • HYPERBOREAN n. an inhabitant of the extreme norther regions. |
| HYPEROREXIAS | • HYPEROREXIA n. compulsive overeating. |
| HYPERREACTOR | • hyperreactor n. One who hyperreacts. • HYPERREACTOR n. one who reacts in the extreme. |
| KERATOPHYRES | • keratophyres n. Plural of keratophyre. • KERATOPHYRE n. a fine-grained soda trachyte. |
| PHANEROPHYTE | • phanerophyte n. (Biology) Any woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground. • PHANEROPHYTE n. a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds well above the surface of the ground. |
| PHREATOPHYTE | • phreatophyte n. (Biology) Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach… • PHREATOPHYTE n. a plant with a deep root system that draws its water supply from near the water table. |
| POLYURETHANE | • polyurethane n. (Organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in very many industrial… • POLYURETHANE n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHAN. |
| SELENOGRAPHY | • selenography n. (Astronomy, geography, cartography) The scientific study of the Moon’s geographic features; geography of the Moon. • SELENOGRAPHY n. the branch of astronomy dealing with the physical features of the moon. |
| STEREOGRAPHY | • stereography n. Any technique for representing solid objects in two dimensions. • stereography n. Stereoscopic photography, and the production of stereographs. • STEREOGRAPHY n. the representation of solid bodies on a plane surface. |
| TRACHEOPHYTE | • tracheophyte n. (Botany): Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. • TRACHEOPHYTE n. any member of the clade of plants possessing vascular tissue; a vascular plant. |